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1 online resource (streaming video file) (52 min. 30 sec.) ; 311843816 bytes |
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Blast-off with Voyage To The Planets: an Australian made documentary series exploring the pleasures and pitfalls of travel to the alien planets of our own solar system.Narrated by Richard Roxburgh, this series visits the planets from a very personal perspective: that of the people who have sent probes hurtling to strange worlds, and also from the viewpoint of any one of us who might dream of making a trip ourselves. In episode three, take a trip to planetary pin-up boy, Saturn, and not only do you get a ringside seat to the greatest spectacle in the solar system, but a close encounter with two extraordinary moons. Tiny Enceladus is making all the headlines as the must-see moon these days. It's the little moon that has it all: enormous geysers of water and ice shooting into space from the South Pole point to a warm salty ocean beneath the surface and, perhaps, a real possibility of life. Even more Earth-like and yet far more alien is Titan, with a thick atmosphere and weather. Potentially an easier surface to explore even than Mars, this is the only other world we know that you could visit without a spacesuit. Rug up for the cold and fly a hot air balloon in Titanian skies, trek across vast dune fields, or row across a Titanian lake. Just don't fall in or get caught in the rain: it's liquid natural gas out here, not water, and it'll freeze you as hard as rock. PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directors: Richard Smith and Chris Thornburn. ABC TV Executive Producer: Alan Erson; Essential Media, Executive Producer: Chris Hilton; Essential Media, Head of Production: Andrea Gorddard. An Essential Media & Entertainment with ABC TV and National Geographic Channel US.(60 mins) |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2010-05-27 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: G |
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Exploration of outer space.
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Planets -- Geology.
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Saturn probes.
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Space flight to Saturn.
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Saturn (Planet)
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Streaming video
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Roxburgh, Richard, cast
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Smith, Richard, director
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Thornburn, Chris, director
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